Coin assorting and counting apparatus



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Invcnlar Tran): 71 T izernzaiz Patented Nov. 21, 1933 UNITED STATES COINASSORTING AND. COUNTING APPARATUS Frank W. Sherman, Jacksonville, Fla.Application July 25, 1929. Serial No. 381,048

1 1 Claim.

This invention appertains to new and useful improvements in coin sortingand counting apparatus, and more particularly to an apparatus which issubstantially portable and which is of such simple construction as tomake its cost low and its upkeep slight. v

The principal object of the invention is to provide a coin sorting andcounting apparatus in which coins can be conveniently placed andproperly sorted and subsequently counted.

' Another important object of the invention is to provide a coinasserting and counting apparatus which'is substantially fool-proof. r

Still another important object of the invention is to'provide anapparatus of the character stated which will be capable of beingrepaired and its parts" replaced easily due to its unique construction}These an'd' va'rious other important object'san'd advantages of theinvention will become apparent to the reader of the followingspecification.

In the drawings:-

Figure 1 represents an elevational view looking at the front side of theapparatus.

Fig. 2 represents a fragmentary elevational View showing the money boxin elevated position.

Fig. 3 represents a vertical sectional view taken substantially on line3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 represents a sectional view through the money box substantiallyon the line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 represents a perspective view of the lower money track.

Fig. 6 represents a perspective view of the upper money track.

Fig. '7 represents a fragmentary enlarged detailed sectional View takensubstantially on line 7-7 of Fi 1.

Fig. 8 represents a sectional view taken substantially on line 8-8 ofFig. 1.

Fig. 9 represents a sectional view taken substantially on line 9-9 ofFig. 1.

Fig. 10 represents a sectional view taken substantially on line 10-10 ofFig. 1.

Fig. 11 represents a sectional View taken sub- "stantially on line 11-11of Fig. 1.

Fig. 12 represents a sectional view disclosing the trip wheel for thecounter.

Fig. 13 represents a perspective view of the dash pot.

Fig. 14 represents a cross sectional View disclosing the construction ofone of the counters.

Fig. 15 represents a top plan View of one of the counters.

Fig. 16 represents a fragmentary elevational view disclosing side meansbetween the wheels oi one of the counters.

Fig. 17 represents'a fragmentary outside elevational viewdisclosing theindicating characters.

Fig. '18 represents a sectional view taken substantially onv line18-l8-of Fig. ,14. I

Inthe drawings wherein like numerals designatelike parts; it can be seenthat numeral 5 represents an inclined plate having one edge portionreinforced by the flanged This plate 5 is 5 supported upon the base 7and the upright 8 on the. base '7. e l I Numeral, 9 generallyrefers tothe money box. This 100219 is in the nature of agbox. However, inuse,one side aisused as a bottom (see Fig. 1) and while its oppositeside forms the top as at l). Reference character 0 represents one endwall, while (1 represents the oppositeend wall. 7 L

From the bottom a dependsa handle 10 which with the bottom a forms acrotch which rests upon the pin 11 outstanding from the plate 5 adjacentthe upper portion of the plate.

Fig. 13 shows a dash pot, which as is further shown in Fig. 7, consistsof a barrel 12 having a threaded section 13 disposed through an open- 30ing in the plate 5 and having a nut 14 thereon whereby the barrel can beclamped to the plate 5. Numeral 15 represents an air inlet opening whichcan be closed by the threaded needle valve 16.

Operative in the barrel 12 is a plunger having the stem 17 extendingoutwardly of the barrel l2 4 and upon the upper end of this stem 17 themoney box 9 rests when it is first positioned upon the pin 11.

On the inside of the back wall e of the box are 9 the guide rails 18-19.Arranged in inclined position on the plate 5 are the tracks 20 and 21,the uppertrack 20 terminating at its lower end above the upper end ofthe lower track 21, these tracks 20 and 21 being secured to the plate 5by flanges 22 and the additional fastening means.

The lower end of the track 21 terminates adjacent the curved portion 23at the upper end of the inclined runway 24 which extends downwardly andhas its lower end secured to the plate 5 by a flange 25 and any othersupplemental securing means.

The lower end of this runway 24 terminates at the mouth of the sortergenerally referred to by numeral 26. As is clearly shown in Fig. 9, 9this sorter consists of an elongated bar 27 having a horizontallyoutstanding ledge 28 thereon. This bar 2'7 and ledge 23 are inclinedlydisposed and substantially alined with the runway 24.

Numerals 29, 30, 31 and 32 are assorting elepm ments. Each of theseelements 29 to 32 inclusive consists of a plate having an inwardlycurved finger 33 which bears against the bar 27. As is clearly shown inFig. 1, the finger 33 of the sorting element 29 is sufiiciently high topermit dimes, pennies, nickels, and quarters to pass thereunder. Thefinger of the element is sufficiently high to pass dimes, nickels andpennies. The element 29 therefore passes all coins except half dollarswhich are guided by the finger 33 into the chute 34 leading to thecounter 35 which counts half dollars. The finger of the element 30 whilepassing dimes, pennies and nickels will deflect quarters by way of thechute 36 to the sorter counter 37. The finger of the element 31 willpass dimes and pennies but will defiect nickels by way of the chute 38to the nickel counter generally referred to by numeral 39.

The finger of the element 32 will deflect all pennies into the chute 40which will discharge into the penny counter 41. Dimes passing beyond theelements 29 to 32 inclusive will pass down the chute 42 to a suitablecounter.

These counters shown in Figs. 14 and 15 each consist of a casing. Ineach casing is a polygonal shaped shaft 43 on which is the wheelconsisting of the hub 44 and outstanding curved fingers 45, whichfingers are curved slightly in the same direction.

Numeral 46 represents a cross bar in the casing from which extends aleaf spring 47 which has its free end bearing against a flat side of thepolygonal-shaped shaft 43. Thus, this spring 47 always maintains one ofthe fingers in the path of a coin 48 discharging from its correspondingchutes 34, 36, 38, or 40.

On the shaft 431s a pinion 49 meshing with the gear wheel 50. This gearwheel 50 carries a laterally extending pin 51 adjacent itsperiphdisposed pins 52 on the periphery of the disk 53 which carriesnumerals 54. It can also be seen, that the gear 50 also carries numeralsand these numerals 54 and 55 are visible through the sight openings inthe casing 12 of the aforementioned counters.

Numeral 56 represents a leaf spring extending from the gear 50 andatitsouter end wipes against the gear 57. On the shaft with the wheel 53is a gear 60. Numeral 61 represents a U- shaped resetting member the legportions of which are toothed to form racks meshing with the gears 57and 60, the racks being denoted by reference characters 610. and 61brespectively. The racks aforementioned are each provided with a shoulder62 for abutting engagement with the lugs 63 located on the casing andwhich act as stops to limit the downward motion of the resetting member61. Each of the counter casings is provided with a slot parallel to themember 61 and slidable in each of these slots is a knob projecting fromthe corresponding member 61, at its rack 61?).

While the foregoing specification sets forth the invention as described,it is to be understood that numerous changes in the shape, size andmaterials may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scopeof the invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:-

A coin feed device for coin counters comprising an inclined plate, amoney box, said money box being provided with an outlet, a handle on thebottom of the money box, an outstanding pintle on the plate for engagingthe bottom of the box at the handle, and a dash pot device forsupporting the inner end of the money box when the latter is supportedupon the pintle for gradually permitting the descent of money.

r I FRANK W. SHERMAN.

